234 lines bropcl pnd 6-2 linp^s thick, obovoicl, with the lobes at the 

 tof-^ ^r^T>^r nnomiQi; sn '^ '^ "^ • n G e soft £ nd ileshv, i->ubeso ei" "^ ^o' th fine 

 s'nv- ' s, Ij een, not dotted, suffused ^ ur'"^le 



vfhen exr^oxed to bright sunshine. led- eel included in the body 

 o^' the p:ro-.-th, without brects, mpoderately stout, "— '^■<='n, edpressed- 

 '^ubescent. Gal^rx, with the exception of the tips '. ts lobes, 

 included in the body o:f the nlpnt or perha'^s sometimes exserted, 

 5-''obed dom to it?; union with the- overy, pubescent; lobes about 

 2 ■■ ines lonf, oblonp, obtuse, green, 4 of thera with raenbr? nous 

 ed^es. Corolla 6-8 lines in diameter, expanding in deytime, scen- 

 tlless; bropd , linear, obtuse, bright pink. Stamens ver;^ numerous, 

 erect; filaments white, not '^ubescent near the base; anthers pale 

 ■^'•e?lo^^. Glands about 7 separate, dark green. Style none; stigiaas 

 7, erect, V7ith spreading tips, 2| lines long, filifora, pale yellow- 

 ish. 0Yf5i.v ■'nferior, convex on the tor>, 7 -eel led; placentas on 

 the outer vrall of, the cells . 



Oonorihvt.um nilo.sulum, -. •. -^., in The 'hardeners' Chronicle, 

 19^2, vol'. LTX:i "-p. 214, 



^aciismith ■'division i near ^ouwsberg ^-ountains, in a_ clayey 

 subsoil Govereri with sand, Pole Svsns, 6927. Between iion-''"'- "^.er 

 and '"^armbad, 1,700-2,000 ft. alt., I-Iuir 5650. 



I originally described this plant as being a species oi 

 Oonorhytura, for I had not then seen its flowers, '■'-■' :*';=^- ■ ■ '^ear- 

 ance in every way suggests that it belon ed to tL , 1- 

 thouf?ht pubescent and softer in substance, for the p. esence of 

 cell wings to the cells, of t' -^ ^' •'■^sule did not at that time appear 

 to me to be such an importa; 2ric character as I novi find it 

 to be. 



-his plant having now flowered at ^e\.-, - find that its floral 

 structure is altogether diffe-ent frc^. that of Conophytum and iden- 

 tical with that of Cibbaeum, ' and corolla both being 

 without a tube, the pedicel \ rr^j^j >^^^ (in Gonophytuxii the pedicel 

 enclosed in the body of the growth alv/ays h8.s a pair of minute 

 bracts near its base), and the cells of the capsule roofed '. ith 

 rr!.eTr!branous cell-wings. I have "^' "^-efore !'^ere given ■" r-"---: ---"f'ect 

 description of the plant. 



Under the cultivation the growths have become much more uneq- 

 u?''ly lobed than v/hen received from South Africa, v/here- they ere 

 nore Globose and simul'^-te the growth? of some species of Conophytux; 

 in form. 



^ig. 119 is from a photgrsph sent to ue by ^r. J-ole Syans, 

 and represents this species as it p-rows under natural conditions in 

 South A-fricf^ , 



'^. rubescens, !>*. E. B^^ — ■'^•^ving nov? been able to examine some 

 •"lovers of this species preserved in fluid, the fol"' owing descrip- 

 tion o-^ then may replace that given in The Gardeners* Chronicle, 

 1922, vol. LXXI, p, 129: Pedicel not esBrted from the fssure, 

 pubescent wit^- deflexed addressed white hairs, ^clyx. subecually 

 6-lobed, pubescent like t- -• - -''icel and whole plant; lobes aoubt 

 2 l^ne long pn'^ li'-S 1^'"'^ d, oblong or ov'-<te, obt se, ]''-eled 

 '- -1 the back, ^etrls ous, free, 4-5 lines long, 1/ - 

 ■,-.... ',,,^^.T^ linerr, obtu;^, 'iright rose rink. 3t- -"- -- .^^ 

 ■'"' «bout if line Ion*"', fne inner shorter, ; - , vlth 

 + "' ■-■"'■ \ents r-'Ubescent -^e. C-lands gerk bl,-: ck '-'' ' 6 



er'-'Ot, -^-"/4 line i ---^ ■ . .-. ^ ^+,.i^^ q^,, ^^^ convex on \.,.s 

 top, 5'~ce''''ed; rl ' \ of the cells; ovules 



^'i- ^rous in e^c^ cell. 



